The Azerbaijan national football team has represented Azerbaijan in international association football since 1992, after the country declared independence following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Prior to this, Azerbaijani players had represented the Soviet Union national football team, most notably Anatoliy Banishevskiy. Azerbaijan played their first official international match on 17 September 1992 in a friendly against neighbouring country Georgia which ended in a 6–3 defeat for Azerbaijan. They are governed by the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA) and compete as a member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), which encompasses the countries of Europe and Israel, after becoming members in 1994, also joining FIFA the same year. As of March 2019, Azerbaijan have played 242 international matches since their debut, winning 47, drawing 66 and losing 129. Azerbaijan have played Moldova and Uzbekistan most frequently, meeting each side ten times. In global and continental competitions, Azerbaijan have competed in qualification groups for both the FIFA World Cup, since 1994, and the UEFA European Championship, since 1996, but have failed to qualify for any tournament finals.

Defender Rashad Sadygov is Azerbaijan's most capped player of all time and is the only player to have accumulated 100 caps for the national team. As of March 2019, Sadygov has played 110 times for the country having made his debut in 2001, against Sweden, and received his last cap in 2017. Gurban Gurbanov, who accumulated 66 caps during his international career, is the country's highest scorer of all time with 12 goals and is the only player to have scored ten or more goals for Azerbaijan as of March 2019.

The first player to accumulate 25 caps for Azerbaijan was Tarlan Ahmadov, on 2 April 1997 in a 2–1 defeat to Finland. He finished his career with 74 caps for the national team, holding the cap record until 2007 when it was surpassed by Aslan Kerimov who earned 78 caps before retiring. In September 2012, the current holder Sadygov overtook Kerimov's cap record and went on to reach 100 caps in October 2015.

List Appearances and goals are composed of FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship and each competition's required qualification matches, as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches. Players are listed by the number of caps. If the number of caps is equal, the players are then listed alphabetically. Statistics updated following match played on 25 March 2019.

Note: Azerbaijan has played three matches that are not recognised by FIFA as full internationals but are counted by the AFFA. These caps are not counted in the table below and the notes column lists which players appeared in the matches. The matches are:

A match against Kazakhstan U21 on 8 June 1993. A match against a Cyprus XI on 20 February 1996, that was not designated as the official Cypriot team. A match against Iran U23 on 8 August 2002.

KeyStill active for the national team Player is tied for the number of capsGKGoalkeeperDFDefenderMFMidfielderFWForward

+ Azerbaijan national team footballers with at least 25 appearancesNo.NamePositionNational team careerCapsGoals Notes * DF 2001–2017 110 5Played in match against Iran U23 that is not recognised by FIFA. * GK 2008–2018 79 0 DF 1994–2008 78 0RSSSF attributes Kerimov with one goal but all other sources award the goal to Kanan Karimov.Played in match against a Cyprus XI that is not recognised by FIFA. * DF 2004–2014 76 4 DF 1992–2005 73 0 MF 1994–2008 70 1 FW 1992–2005 66 12Played in match against Kazakhstan U21 that is not recognised by FIFA. DF 1992–2005 65 1 * FW 2004–2015 61 4 * MF 2007–2018 60 3 * FW 2006–2014 58 9* DF 2009–2018 56 4* DF 2009–2019 55 3 =* MF 2006–2012 54 0* MF 2008–2018 54 2 MF 2000–2008 51 3 * MF 2013–2019 50 0 * FW 2010–2018 47 7 =* DF 2004–2010 46 0 MF 2000–2005 46 0 MF 1995–2001 45 4 MF 2000–2007 44 0 DF 1993–2002 43 0 =* MF 2010–2018 40 5* DF 2004–2011 40 0* FW 2007–2013 40 7 MF 1997–2008 40 6= MF 1993–1999 39 3* FW 2014–2019 39 6 * DF 2008–2014 38 0=* DF 2012–2019 37 0* MF 2008–2017 37 7 MF 1992–2001 35 5 = FW 1997–2007 34 4 FW 1993–1998 34 4 GK 1998–2007 34 0 FW 1999–2004 34 2 DF 1998–2004 34 0 =* MF 2008–2019 33 3 FW 1998–2007 33 5 GK 1992–2005 33 0* GK 2006–2010 32 0 = MF 2004–2014 30 0* DF 2004–2018 30 1 MF 1997–2004 29 0= MF 1997–2003 28 0* DF 2008–2013 28 0 DF 2007–2011 28 0 * MF 2010–2015 26 0 = DF 2000–2006 25 0 FW 2002–2006 25 3* FW 2015–2018 25 1

See also Azerbaijan national football team results

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